Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Are those two discs the only ones that comprise previously released material? then mixing both of them to spare expenses by one disc makes some sense. if there are more discs with already released music…then i dont know why they chose only those two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Only By request is a compilation, containing some previously unreleased material... That's pretty clear on my discography. I deployed many efforts to make this discography as comprehensive as it can possibly be! Putting previously unreleased material on a compilation is a pretty old habit in the pop domain. In JW's discography, this album is a kind of alien! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt S. 493 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Luke Skywalker said: Are those two discs the only ones that comprise previously released material? then mixing both of them to spare expenses by one disc makes some sense. if there are more discs with already released music…then i dont know why they chose only those two. "Bernstein by Boston" contains the overture to Candide, which was recorded for the earlier "Pops Around the World" album. I did a quick check and I don't think there are any other repeats (apart from "By Request" and "Pops Britannia" of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,264 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 20/10/2021 at 11:55 AM, Jurassic Shark said: On amazon.it it's €59. https://www.amazon.it/dp/B09DDWK2JM I bought it for €30. I bought it for €20. One euro per disc ☺️ Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,094 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, Miguel Andrade said: I bought it for €20. One euro per disc ☺️ Well, I bought two copies and will sell the second one when it's OOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Where is it so cheap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,094 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 11 minutes ago, Luke Skywalker said: Where is it so cheap? I bought it at a store that only ships to Norway. Here's a Swedish store where it's about €40 + shipping: https://www.ginza.se/product/williams-john/conductor/508698/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,483 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 jpc have tweaked the content (21 CDs): 1.CD Pops on the March - Werke von Joseph Franz Wagner, Elgar, Tschaikowsky, Walton, Gershwin, Williams, Wilson, Newman 2.CD Pops in Space - Williams: Musik aus Superman, The Empire strikes back, Star Wars; Close Encounters of the third Kind-Suite 3.CD That's Entertainment (Pops on Broadway) - 4.CD We wish you a merry Christmas 5.CD Pops around the World - Ouvertüren von Kabalewsky, Suppe, Auber, Glinka, Williams, Rossini, Bernstein 6.CD Aisle Seat - Filmmusik aus E. T., Chariots of Fire, Raiders of the lost Ark, New York, New York, Gone with the Wind; The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, Friendly Persuation, Meet me in St. Louis 7.CD Out of this World 8.CD Prokofieff: Peter und der Wolf; Tschaikowsky: Nussknacker-Suite 9.CD Whith a Song in my Heart (mit Jessye Norman) - Songs aus The Boys from Syracuse, Rosalie, I married an Angel, You were never lovelier, House of Flowers, Can-Can, Hayride, Goldwyn Follies, Very warm for May, With a Song in my Heart 10.CD Swing, swing, swing - 11.CD America, the Dream goes on 12.CD On Stage 13.CD Bernstein by Boston - Bernstein: West Side Story (Auszüge), Simple Song aus Mass; 3 Stücke aus On the Town, Divertimento for Orchestra 14.CD Pops in Love 15.CD Holst: The Planets 16.CD Digital Jukebox 17.CD Lucky to be me (mit Jessye Norman) - Songs aus Love me tonight, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Lady in the Dark, Girl Crazy, The Boys from Syracuse, On the Town, Knickerbocker Holiday, My fair Lady, Yentl, One Touch of Venus 18.CD Salute to Hollywood 19.CD Pops a la Russe - Rimsky-Korssakoff: Cortege aus Mlada-Suite; Danse des buffons aus The Snow maidenBorodin: Polowetzer Tänze; Tschaikowsky: None but the lonely Heart; Mussorgsky: Eine Nacht auf dem kahlen Berge; Prokofieff: Troika aus Leutnant Kije-Suite; Khachaturian: 3 Stücke aus Gayaneh-Suite 20.CD Pops by Gershwin - Gershwin: An American in Paris; Porgy and Bess-Suite; Girl Crazy (Auszüge); Rhapsody in Blue 21.CD By Request / Pops Britannia - Williams: Liberty Fanfare; Marsch aus 1941; The Mission-Theme; Olympische Fanfare; JAWS-Theme; 3 Stücke aus Jane Eyre; Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise; Delius: Brigg Fair; Grainger: Molly on the Shore; Traditionals: Londonderry Air; Scotland, the Brave Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 Oh i missunderstood, i thought it was the preorder of the new box Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 On 23/10/2021 at 7:06 PM, Luke Skywalker said: Are those two discs the only ones that comprise previously released material? The 12th album in the series, "Bernstein By Boston", includes the track "Overture: Candide", which had already been on the fifth album in the series, "Pops Around The World (Digital Overtures) The 17th album in the series, "Pops Britannia", opens with the track "Orbs and Sceptre", which had already been on the second album in the series, "Pops on the March" And as mentioned, "By Request" contains only 5 new recordings, along with 11 tracks from prior albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Is this available for pre-order yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 593 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, JohnnyD said: Is this available for pre-order yet? Yes it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09DDWK2JM/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rick 1,157 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 $92 ?!?! Good grief…. I want this but not sure I want to dish out that much $$ for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,119 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Its 21 discs -do the math ! It comes to $4.38 per disc. Still the prices may go down later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 4 hours ago, ATXHusker said: $92 ?!?! Good grief…. I want this but not sure I want to dish out that much $$ for it. That's about £62. Still good value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted December 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2021 In the spanish page, from the amazon app, the tracklist of the cds is shown. It does not appear on the amazon.es webpage…or at least not in the mobile browser… here it is: Listas de canciones Disco: 1 1- Under the Double Eagle 2- "Pomp and Circumstance," Op. 39: March No. 4 in G Major 3- Coronation March 4- Orb And Sceptre 5- Strike Up The Band 6- St. Louis Blues March 7- March: Midway 8- Seventy Six Trombones 9- South Rampart Street Parade 10- Conquest Disco: 2 1- March 2- Superman: Love Theme 3- The Asteroid Field 4- Yoda's Theme 5- The Imperial March 6- Main Title 7- Princess Leia 8- Close Encounters Of The Third Kind - Suite Disco: 3 1- That's Entertainment 2- Fiddler On The Roof 3- A Little Night Music- Selections 4- Richard Rodgers Waltz Medley 5- Pops On Broadway 6- Gigi: Selections Disco: 4 1- We Wish You A Merry Christmas 2- Christmas Festival 3- A Christmas Greeting 4- Holiday Cheer - Medley 5- A Christmas Carol 6- Carol Of The Drum 7- The Twelve Days Of Christmas Disco: 5 1- Overture Colas Breugnon, Op. 24 2- Overture 3- Overture 4- Overture Russlan and Ludmilla 5- The Cowboys: Overture 6- Overture 7- Overture Candide Disco: 6 1- Flying Theme 2- Chariots Of Fire: Main Theme 3- March 4- If We Were In Love 5- Main Theme (From "New York, New York") 6- Tara's Theme (From "Gone With The Wind") 7- Over The Rainbow (From "The Wizard Of Oz") 8- Singin' In The Rain 9- Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) 10- The Trolley Song (From "Meet Me In St. Louis") Disco: 7 1- Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 2- Adventures On Earth 3- Alien: Closing Title 4- Star Trek The Television Show: Main Theme 5- Battlestar Galactica: Main Title 6- Star Trek - The Motion Picture: Main Title 7- Twilight Zone: Theme And Variations 8- Parade Of The Ewoks 9- Luke & Leia Theme 10- Jabba The Hutt 11- The Forest Battle Disco: 8 1- Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 2- 1. Miniature Overture 3- March 4- Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy 5- Russian Dance (Trepak) 6- Arabian Dance (Coffee) 7- Chinese Dance (Tea) 8- Dance Of The Reed-Pipes 9- 3. Waltz Of The Flowers Disco: 9 1- Falling In Love With Love 2- In The Still Of The Night 3- Spring Is Here 4- I'm Old Fashioned 5- A Sleepin' Bee 6- I Love Paris 7- The Song Is You 8- I Love You 9- Love Is Here To Stay 10- All The Things You Are 11- Goldwyn Follies: Love Walked In 12- With A Song In My Heart Disco: 10 1- Opus One 2- Begin The Beguine 3- Sunrise Serenade 4- Tuxedo Junction 5- Satin Doll 6- In The Mood 7- Sing, Sing, Sing 8- Stompin' At The Savoy 9- Moonlight Serenade 10- A String Of Pearls 11- By The Sleepy Lagoon 12- Song Of India 13- Snowfall 14- Swing, Swing, Swing Disco: 11 1- Fanfare for the Common Man 2- America, The Dream Goes On 3- The Battle Hymn Of The Republic 4- This Land Is Your Land 5- America, The Beautiful 6- Hoe-Down 7- American Salute 8- America Medley 9- When The Saints Go Marchin' In 10- Prayer Of Thanksgiving Disco: 12 1- There's No Business Like Showbusiness 2- Overture "A Chorus Line" 3- Here You Come Again 4- Sophisticated Ladies 5- Memory 6- A Salute To Fred Astaire 7- Slaughter On 10th Avenue Disco: 13 1- Selection 2- From Mass: Simple Song 3- 1. The Great Lover 4- 2. Lonely Town: Pas de deux 5- Times Square 6- 1. Sennets and Tuckets 7- 2. Waltz 8- 3. Mazurka 9- 4. Samba 10- 5. Turkey Trot 11- 6. Sphinxes 12- 7. Blues (Slow blues tempo) 13- 8. March: "The BSO Forever" 14- From Wonderful Town: Selection Disco: 14 1- Pavane, Op. 50 2- Clair de lune 3- Adagio For Strings And Organ 4- Le Cygne 5- Gymnopédie No. 1 6- 2. Andante cantabile 7- Maid With The Flaxen Hair 8- Pavane pour une infante défunte 9- Gymnopédie No. 2 10- Canon in D 11- Fantasia On Greensleeves Disco: 15 1- 1. Mars, The Bringer Of War 2- 2. Venus, The Bringer Of Peace 3- 3. Mercury, The Winged Messenger 4- 4. Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity 5- 5. Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age 6- 6. Uranus, The Magician 7- 7. Neptune, The Mystic Disco: 16 1- Those Were The Days 2- Never On Sunday 3- More (From "Mondo Cane") 4- By The Time I Get To Phoenix 5- The Girl From Ipanema 6- The Summer Knows (From "Summer Of '42") 7- Mack The Knife 8- Where Is Your Heart (From "Moulin Rouge") 9- Classical Gas 10- Main Theme (From "The Pink Panther") 11- Ebb Tide 12- Tijuana Taxi 13- Days Of Wine And Roses 14- Love Theme (From "A Summer Place") 15- Unchained Melody 16- Ciribiribin 17- Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Disco: 17 1- Lover 2- I Will Wait For You 3- My Ship 4- But Not for Me 5- Falling in Love with Love 6- Lonely Town 7- September Song 8- Show Me 9- Where Is It Written 10- Just the Way You Are 11- Papa, Can You Hear Me? 12- Speak Low 13- Lucky To Be Me Disco: 18 1- Hooray For Hollywood 2- Pops Salutes The Oscars 3- Somewhere Out There (From "An American Tale") 4- A Tribute To Judy Garland 5- Balloon Sequence - Devil's Dance 6- Love Theme (From "Out Of Africa") 7- La Bamba 8- The Bad And The Beautiful: Theme 9- Dancing With Fred Astaire Disco: 19 1- Procession Of The Nobles 2- Dance Of The Polovtsian Maidens 3- Andantino 4- Allegro 5- Presto 6- None But The Lonely Heart 7- Danse des Bouffons 8- A Night On The Bare Mountain 9- 4. Troïka 10- Dance Of The Rose Maidens 11- Lullaby 12- Sabre Dance 13- Nocturne 14- III. Polka 15- Dance Of The Russian Sailors Disco: 20 1- An American In Paris 2- Porgy and Bess: Symphonic Suite - Arr. R.R. Bennett & A. Courage 3- Selections From "Girl Crazy" 4- Rhapsody in Blue Disco: 21 1- Liberty Fanfare 2- March from "1941" 3- Mission Theme: Theme from N.B.C. News 4- Olympic Fanfare And Theme 5- Theme from "Jaws" 6- 1. At Lowood [Jane Eyre] 7- 2. To Thornfield [Jane Eyre] 8- 3. The Return [Jane Eyre] 9- An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise 10- Brigg Fair 11- Danny Boy 12- Molly On The Shore 13- Scotland The Brave Amer, GerateWohl and Jurassic Shark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,378 Posted December 11, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2021 Well based on that tracklist, we can see how they took what was a 22 album series and made it a 21-CD box set instead Disc 1 = Album 2 Pops On The March Disc 2 = Album 1 Pops In Space Disc 3 = Album 3 That's Entertainment Disc 4 = Album 4 We Wish You A Merry Christmas Disc 5 = Album 5 Pops Around The World (Digital Overtures} Disc 6 = Album 6 Aisle Seat Disc 7 = Album 7 Out Of This World Disc 8 = Album 10 Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Disc 9 = Album 9 With A Song In My Heart Disc 10 = Album 11 Swing, Swing, Swing Disc 11 = Album 12 America, The Dream Goes On Disc 12 = Album 8 On Stage Disc 13 = Album 13 Bernstein By Boston, with track 6 removed {it originally appeared on Pops Around The World} Disc 14 = Album 14 Pops In Love Disc 15 = Album 15 The Planets Disc 16 = Album 17 Digital Jukebox Disc 17 = Album 22 'Lucky To Be Me Disc 18 = Album 19 Salute To Hollywood, with Balloon Sequence and Devil's Dance combined into one track (like it is on the copy I own, despite the back cover saying they are separate tracks and therefore the album is 10 tracks long instead of 9) Disc 19 = Album 20 Pops A La Russe Disc 20 = Album 21 Pops By George Disc 21 = Tracks 8,11,14,1,12 from Album 16 By Request (the only 5 new tracks on that album), followed by tracks 7,8,9,6,2,3,4,10 from Album 18 Pops Britannia - Track 1 is removed {it originally appeared on Pops On The March}, and so is track 5 {it originally appeared on Pops In Love} What an awful waste of time making those changes instead of simply including the 22 albums as released And why aren't they in order? fommes, JWMike and Once 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 There are two missing tracks in pops brittania or they repeated tracks from other cds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 Two tracks on "Pops Britannia" had already appeared on prior albums in the series. The opening track "Orb and Sceptre" is track 2 on "Pops On The March", and track 5 "Fantasia On Greensleeves" is the closing track on "Pops In Love" If the above track list is accurate, then nothing is missing in the box set, but 3 albums do not appear as they were initially released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lairdo 726 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 On 20/10/21 at 3:43 PM, Matt S. said: I wonder if this box set will include the original artwork for the albums? I have Decca's box set of Zubin Mehta recordings, and the box design is nearly identical, but the disc sleeves themselves have no artwork. Adding to this question. I too have the Herrmann which kept the titles as basically they were shipped. Sometimes, like with Mehta's, I think Decca and others (WB, DG), combine smaller albums onto one CD and max that out. For example, in the Benjamin Britten complete set (which was basically every piece of music Britten had written, generally conducted by him for Decca), each type of music (orchestral, opera, vocal) had its own color coding but generic covers as in the Mehta. Since these mostly represented a whole slew of combining of titles, this made sense. Sometimes the original album had a piece by Britten, and a piece by another composer, and they only included the Britten piece. Other times, three albums were spread over 2 CDs etc. I have two other recent Decca box sets from this year - the complete Decca & Philips Böhm recordings and the Solti conducted Decca recordings in London. Both of these have original album art. In cases where the album was released in mono and stereo, they seem to have chosen the cover they like best. However, many CDs (in the case of Böhm), append additional material to the album pictured. In this case, a small image of the other album's cover is on the back of the sleeve. For Boston Pops Williams collection, I am fairly positive we will get the original art as others have predicted. We'll get one primary one for the final combo disc or maybe artwork on both sides of the sleeve. One other thing to look forward to - at least to hope for - Decca almost always releases PDFs of the books that ship with their CDs and box sets. Here's the link (this set in question is not uploaded yet since it is still 6 weeks in the future). https://booklets.deccaclassics.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,119 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 I just can't think of playing BY REQUEST other than the program I'm used too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lairdo 726 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 43 minutes ago, Amer said: I just can't think of playing BY REQUEST other than the program I'm used too.. Yeah, I understand! I guess we have all the materials in the set, so we can make our own versions by duplicating the few tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 I can’t imagine buying this unless there is a significant improvement in sound Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted December 12, 2021 Author Share Posted December 12, 2021 I just don't get why they changed things at all. Was it just to save a couple pennies by only pressing 21 discs instead of 22? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 4 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I can’t imagine buying this unless there is a significant improvement in sound Since I don’t have the Philips Recordings, I cannot wait to have this; already pre-ordered. I would not be surprised if there is remastered sound. Disco Stu and GerateWohl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,094 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 The rule for such boxes is rather not to remaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 44 minutes ago, JohnnyD said: Since I don’t have the Philips Recordings, I cannot wait to have this; already pre-ordered. I would not be surprised if there is remastered sound. A very good reason to order! The Philips run overall is superior to the Sony Classical, although my single favorite JW/Pops albums is a Sony one (Music for Stage and Screen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,094 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 You're a sucker for anything Copland, aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: You're a sucker for anything Copland, aren't you? Bayesian, Jay, Bespin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,094 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Disco, you disappoint me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Lost Folio 183 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 22 hours ago, Jay said: What an awful waste of time making those changes instead of simply including the 22 albums as released Has there ever been a Decca/DG "classical" box set with any duplicated tracks? I personally have not seen any. The problem is not necessarily with the new box (which, as you say, is complete), but with the original albums, lazy enough to duplicate tracks instead of recording a few more minutes of music! I personally prefer having no duplicated tracks since I can make playlists reproducing the semi-compilation albums. 22 hours ago, Jay said: And why aren't they in order? It looks like they went with recording dates instead of release. Perhaps the booklet will have more complete recording dates than originally printed on the sleeves. Discs 1-4 rec in 1980. Disc 5 rec in 1981. Disc 6 rec in 1982. Disc 7-8 rec in 1983. Disc 9-11 rec in 1984. Disc 12 rec date unknown, but likely 1984. Disc 13-14 rec in 1985. Disc 15 rec in 1986. Disc 16-17 rec in 1987 (with additional tracks for "Lucky to be me" rec in 1989). Perhaps "Lucky to be me" was initially planned for 1987, but shelved because they only recorded 30 min of music then? Discs 18-19 rec in 1988. Disc 20 rec in 1989. And the 2 semi-compilation albums combined at the end, rearranged with all the JW compositions first. Makes sense to me, but we won't know for sure until it's in our hands. Jurassic Shark and Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 We must have in mind that it was 20cds so at least we must be gratefull all the music is going to be released after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,094 Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Hail @Jay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 4 hours ago, Luke Skywalker said: We must have in mind that it was 20cds so at least we must be gratefull all the music is going to be released after all What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 29 minutes ago, Jay said: What? The initial announcement that was missing That’s Entertainment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 Ohhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 12/12/2021 at 2:08 PM, The Lost Folio said: It looks like they went with recording dates instead of release. Perhaps the booklet will have more complete recording dates than originally printed on the sleeves. Discs 1-4 rec in 1980. Disc 5 rec in 1981. Disc 6 rec in 1982. Disc 7-8 rec in 1983. Disc 9-11 rec in 1984. Disc 12 rec date unknown, but likely 1984. Disc 13-14 rec in 1985. Disc 15 rec in 1986. Disc 16-17 rec in 1987 (with additional tracks for "Lucky to be me" rec in 1989). Perhaps "Lucky to be me" was initially planned for 1987, but shelved because they only recorded 30 min of music then? Discs 18-19 rec in 1988. Disc 20 rec in 1989. And the 2 semi-compilation albums combined at the end, rearranged with all the JW compositions first. Makes sense to me, but we won't know for sure until it's in our hands. Well, that certainly makes sense. However, I wouldn't say "Pops Britania" is a "semi-compilation album", though! Sure it contains two repeated tracks, but it's still got over 50 minutes of music recorded just for it with those tracks removed, which is longer than the earliest albums in the series. it deserved to be on its own disc just like "Bernstein By Boston" does, which had its repeated track removed here. And "By Request" is such a legendary, iconic album, they really should have re-released it exactly as is. The 5 new recordings were meant to be heard in the places they are, in between the curated tracks they chose that had already been released. Once and Amer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 We absolutely don't care how they managed the content of the boxset as long as it is complete. Real fans will reproduce the two dismembered original albums if they want to. One thing I will do now, is to modify my disco to add "previously released recording" for the three repeating tracks on the Bernstein and Britannia albums... @JunionDONE Junion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,094 Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I've already got several copies of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B. 16 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Now listed with a price on Amazon.co.uk - £117 !! Having a laugh at that price so have ordered it from Amazon.it for around £60. Can always cancel if co.uk drops the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis 245 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 I have every album of this collection in original format, I am only missing "We wish you a merry Christmas"... Is there a reason for me to buy this (besides the one missing album)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 19 minutes ago, Nemesis said: I have every album of this collection in original format, I am only missing "We wish you a merry Christmas"... Is there a reason for me to buy this (besides the one missing album)? No. Nemesis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,378 Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 No. Nemesis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 The Sony box, unremastered, ok... it passed... but the Decca box unremastered, that's ridiculous. Well, let's wait for the first reviews of this set, before concluding anything about the sound... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,094 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 It won't be remastered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Hmm just realised. Haven't got a single one of these albums. Perhaps it should go on my shopping list. I am missing some albums from the Sony box as well but only a handful. But this istempting. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 26 minutes ago, Bespin said: The Sony box, unremastered, ok... it passed... but the Decca box unremastered, that's ridiculous. Well, let's wait for the first reviews of this set, before concluding anything about the sound... Yeah I wouldn't hold my breath. This has all the signs of a "lowest effort possible" product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 43 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Yeah I wouldn't hold my breath. This has all the signs of a "lowest effort possible" product. My test will consist of checking the WAV forms of "The Planets" CD, and those of the Suite from Jane Eyre (originaly released on Pops Britannia). They are the most "problematic" recordings, mastered at a very too low volume on the original CDs. Avoid clipping at all cost was a major concern for those 80s CDs... Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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